President Trump began the holiday break by hosting an Amish delegation in the Oval Office, the first time members of the reclusive community have received that honor. They might be an odd pairing — the brash and…
DAVIESS CO., KY – The Daviess County Commissioners unanimously voted to increase buggy license plate fees in the county from $60 to $75. The Amish community has not spoke against the increase. The increase is…
ESCANABA TOWNSHIP, MI – A total of four Amish alert signs were stolen off county roads in September. Since then, the Delta County Road Commission has replaced the signs and the Delta County Sheriff’s Office…
BINGHAM, NY – A 3-year-old boy was rushed to a Binghamton-area hospital after he fell out of an emergency window of a minibus headed south on Interstate 81 Saturday evening. According to New York State Police, the…
LANCASTER, PA – A 75-year-old Lancaster County man could face a prison sentence more than three times his age after pleading no-contest Thursday to 20 felony charges of sexually assaulting four pre-teen girls. David Stoltzfus Smucker…
“It’s a typical mammogram room—if you went to a hospital it would look exactly the same,” says mammographer Valerie Rice. “It’s nothing really different, except that it’s in a moving vehicle!” Rice’s exam room is…
LONG PRAIRIE, MN – A man dressed in Amish clothing was spotted skiing behind a horse-drawn cart in Long Prairie, Minnesota, on December 8. Videos sent to Storyful show a man skiing along the side…
DAVIESS COUNTY, IN – Daviess County officials are expected to raise the price on buggy plates. The Daviess County Commissioners have spent several weeks discussing the possibility of raising the price on the plates. Officials…
Republican strategists in Pennsylvania have set their sights on getting the politically inactive Amish to the polls to vote for President Donald Trump, according to the Washington Post. The highly secluded, conservative and usually apolitical…
When death visits the Amish, everything stops. A normally industrious family is stilled for a period of mourning. It begins the moment a loved one dies and extends until after the burial and repast. In…
